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OK2LA
11/11/2006, 06:04 PM
He's wearing a HUGE ring - does anyone know what that was from?


Is that the Aggie Championship Ring?
Veritas
11/11/2006, 06:08 PM
It's the Moral Victory championship ring. Houston Nutt has one just like it.
Newbomb Turk
11/11/2006, 06:10 PM
It's the "I have turned out the best player in the NFL" ring.
OK2LA
11/11/2006, 06:12 PM
The only thing that I could find is where he coached for TCU - when L.T. was there - they went 10-1, and were Co-WAC champions, but he left before he coached in their bowl game.


Interesting that he'd be wearing that Co-WAC champions ring on game days - I dunno - seems a little strange.
Cam
11/11/2006, 06:26 PM
It's probably the A&M ring that all their alumni wear. It's big and it's ugly and they're quite proud of it.
Frozen Sooner
11/11/2006, 06:28 PM
Did Fran go to A&M?

Didn't he win the SEC at 'Bama?
Frozen Sooner
11/11/2006, 06:30 PM
He went to Pittsburgh State, and he didn't win the SEC at 'Bama.
Cam
11/11/2006, 06:31 PM
Did Fran go to A&M?

Didn't he win the SEC at 'Bama?
I don't think he went to A&M, but I'm just guessing that they'd be ok with him wearing it. They probably insist on it on the grounds of tradition or something.
FroggyStyle22
11/11/2006, 06:55 PM
If it is from TCU it is either from the sun bowl in 1998 where they beat USC or the 1999 Mobile bowl where we beat East Carolina.

But it may be from one of his teams at Pitt state. I'm not sure if they won a championship with him there but they were pretty successful.
okienole3
12/4/2006, 07:59 PM
If it is from TCU it is either from the sun bowl in 1998 where they beat USC or the 1999 Mobile bowl where we beat East Carolina.

But it may be from one of his teams at Pitt state. I'm not sure if they won a championship with him there but they were pretty successful.

GO-RILLAS Home of Quinton Turner, for at least a semester.
usmc-sooner
12/4/2006, 08:03 PM
It's one of the Bama NC rings

I think he has two but just wears one.
SicEmBaylor
12/4/2006, 08:06 PM
He never played football, so it has to be from a teach he coached. He hasn't won any championships either so I'm led to believe it's just some bling bling he bought out of a catalog.
DrZaius
12/4/2006, 08:12 PM
That is a pretty ghey ring........Here is a pic I found



http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/drzaiusatl/Forum%20Pics/ring.jpg



I am not sure if I would wear it....
SoonerSloan
12/4/2006, 08:33 PM
highly doubt they'd give fran a Aggie Class Ring... like you said they are proud of them
OklahomaTuba
12/4/2006, 08:39 PM
Maybe its the monster.com man of the year ring??
bluedogok
12/4/2006, 08:44 PM
He was the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1986 and 1987 at Pittsburgh State. Maybe the ring is from that or his co-WAC championships as previously mentioned.
Miko
12/4/2006, 08:58 PM
I think its an aggie decoder ring. You spin the bezel and it tells you what the heck "hulla buhlew kanick kanick" means.
Ground_Attack
12/4/2006, 10:31 PM
OU gets rings for conference championships
UT gets rings for conference co-champs and runner-ups
Aggy gets rings for finishing ahead of Baylor
Dio
12/4/2006, 10:41 PM
It's his "2002 Tuscaloosa Kiwanis Club National Chamiopnship" ring
badger
12/4/2006, 11:00 PM
it is probably one of these:
http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/images/ring98.gif
Alum81
12/4/2006, 11:17 PM
I think he's a vegan:

http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/gardenring_1.jpeg
BIG_IKE
12/5/2006, 12:12 AM
Maybe it's the Big 12 4th Place Ring.
OK2LA
9/30/2007, 10:00 PM
I saw Fran wearing that ring again - just curious if anyone knows what it's from.

By the way, it's huge. It's not a class ring.
tommieharris91
9/30/2007, 10:14 PM
It probably came from the $1200/year he was making from idiot ATM boosters. Mike Goodson's salary comes from the same fund.
badger
9/30/2007, 10:26 PM
When Paul Bryant was buried in Birmingham in 1983, he took one piece of jewelry to his grave -- a ring given to him by the Junction Boys, the Texas A&M players whom he had regretted working so hard. I wonder how Dennis Franchione's 2002 Alabama team would like to bury him?
There you have it. Fran stole Bear's Junction Boys ring. What a douch3!

(unless you have a better explanation??? c'mon, keep the explanations coming!)
sooner_born_1960
9/30/2007, 11:04 PM
http://prod.bsis.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/47/47795/folders/42070/772623Fran77.jpeg
The TV graphic is covering is hand. So, I really can't tell about the ring.
SteelClip49
9/30/2007, 11:23 PM
maybe he asked one of the former Aggies from the 1939 national championship team for his ring.